The Firefly Cast and Crew

The Firefly

Plot: Japanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look at war and remembrance. Hideji Yamaoka (Takakura) was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender

Release Date: Tuesday, May 1 2001
24 years ago

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Cast

Ken Takakura. Ken Takakura was 70 in The Firefly as 'Yamaoka Shuji'.

Birthday: Mon, Feb 16 1931 –
Died: Mon, Nov 10 2014

Yuko Tanaka. Yuko Tanaka was 46 in The Firefly as 'Tomoko Yamaoka'.

Birthday: Fri, Apr 29 1955

Isao Natsuyagi. Isao Natsuyagi was 61 in The Firefly as 'Takemoto'.

Birthday: Mon, Dec 25 1939 –
Died: Sat, May 11 2013

Ryuji Harada. Ryuji Harada was 30 in The Firefly as 'Tetsuo'.

Birthday: Mon, Oct 26 1970

Takami Mizuhashi. Takami Mizuhashi was 15 in The Firefly as 'Hotaru'.

Birthday: Tue, Jul 09 1985

Ayako Kobayashi. Ayako Kobayashi was 28 in The Firefly

Birthday: Fri, Aug 11 1972

Kiichi Nakai. Kiichi Nakai was 39 in The Firefly

Birthday: Mon, Sep 18 1961

Hisashi Igawa. Hisashi Igawa was 64 in The Firefly

Birthday: Tue, Nov 17 1936

Tomoko Naraoka. Tomoko Naraoka was 71 in The Firefly

Birthday: Sun, Dec 01 1929 –
Died: Thu, Mar 23 2023

Nenji Kobayashi. Nenji Kobayashi was 60 in The Firefly

Birthday: Fri, Feb 07 1941

Renji Ishibashi. Renji Ishibashi was 59 in The Firefly

Birthday: Sat, Aug 09 1941

Yukiyoshi Ozawa. Yukiyoshi Ozawa was 26 in The Firefly

Birthday: Thu, Jun 06 1974

Yûko Fueki. Yûko Fueki was 21 in The Firefly as 'Young Tomoko Yamaoka'.

Birthday: Thu, Jun 21 1979

Shigeo Kobayashi. Shigeo Kobayashi was 31 in The Firefly

Birthday: Tue, Apr 21 1970

Crew

Yasuo Furuhata. Yasuo Furuhata was 66 in The Firefly as 'Writer, Director'

Birthday: Sun, Aug 19 1934 –
Died: Mon, May 20 2019

Yo Takeyama. Yo Takeyama was 54 in The Firefly as 'Writer'

Birthday: Sun, Jul 28 1946 –
Died: Wed, Apr 12 2023